On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 06:17:33AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > That said, I still don't understand why you lke the name "guard" for > this. I understand not liking "auto", but "guard" doesn't seem any > better. In fact, much worse. Guarded expressions means something > completely different both in real life and in computer science. > > I'm assuming there's some history there, but it makes no sense to me > as a name here. I know the name from C++ where it is std::lock_guard<> (well, back when I still did C++ it wasn't std, but whatever), and Rust seems to have std::sync::MutexGuard<>. But if that's the sole objection left, lets have a bike-shed party and pick a colour :-) 'shield' 'sentry' 'sentinel' 'keeper' 'custodian' 'warden' ?
